4 days to go...

Hey! it's been a while, eh? sorry about that... so. uhm... ya.. this is going to be a problem-solution entry.. and i'll probably be leaving stuff out.. ya... here goes! and in no sensible order.. basically whatever i think of first gets put down...

Problem: Visa was VERY slow in getting processed and emailed to me.

Solution: after a VERY long time waiting, I received my Visa on 30 June(ish)...

Problem: Need new battery for laptop

Solution: bought one, but sent to wrong address. (d'oh! *facepalm*)

Solution2: email the people ASAP. should get the battery tomorrow or Friday (PLEASE GOD!)

Problem: running out of MaryKay face cleaner, low on cash, and mail timing.

Solution: called Claire's "replacement" consultant. got on a new system of face cleansers, mailed monday, arrived today, i STILL got the 20% discount, and she's charging me on Friday

Problem: $16 in my bank account...

Solution: MKSAPS come in tomorrow :) i go to the bank, deposit my check, open a savings account with said check, and alert to international use in Oz

Problem: need new phone

Solution: got upgrade. i now have a red Pantech Reveal. still getting used to the QWERTY keyboard.. grr....

Problem: lots of medical bills..

Solution: IMB might pay for all those medical checks i got because i had to get them for SCHOOL (PLEASE GOD!)

Problem: no friends and very little family on my birthday #sadpandaface

Solution: my brother Steven spent the ENTIRE day with me, and made sure i felt EXTRA special and loved, and it was a WONDERFUL day! ^o^ i love my brother!

Problem: lost nose ring down drain >.< #sadface

Solution: bough three new ones with birthday money ^_^ (had a piece of broomstraw in the hole in the meantime...)

Problem: last time i had my eyes checked was last summer.. and they had gotten worse then

Solution: got my eyes checked Tuesday. didn't get worse, but didn't get better either. Still, no change is good :) means i only had to pay for ONE pair of new lenses for my glasses, and then order contacts >.< #expensive!

Problem: my grandma has been paying for everything...

Solution: pay her back eventually...

Problem: owe LOTS of people money...

Solution: pay them back eventually.. (and somehow have some left to live on in Oz? maybe, maybe not... Proposed Solution: get a job!)

Problem: i need hiking boots, and a professional outfit.. and some other things that are not going on a blog :p

Solution: shopping with Miss Cindy on Saturday!

Problem: need another lens for the camera that Andrew Stewart is lending me...

Solution: Walle has one! and he's sending it down! and i'm praying it gets here before Sunday!!!

Problem: not sleeping well

Solution: still working on it

Problem: having panic attacks

Solution: Matthew 11:28. "Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." (Compliments of Jimmy Stewart).

Problem: was EXTREMELY stressed out before about visa

Solution: encouragement from Andrew "Just remember God loves you, you're a beautiful young woman who won't be visa-less or single much longer God willing as long as you're patient."

Problem: still needed to unpack my room from COLLEGE

Solution: i unpacked. .... mostly.. still got a few things to straighten out.. like what's cluttering the top of my desk..

Problem: needed to order two more books for a couple classes i'll be taking in Oz..

Solution: ordered one via amazon, have the other waiting for me in Oz already, and i pay AU$7 when i get there.

Problem: still waiting on the first book, which i ordered 8 July

Solution: PRAYER!!!!

Problem: missing friends :( getting cabin fever.

Solution: go swing dancing with Steven, Nanda, and Christina! it was lots of fun :) also, i think i'm meeting up with Andrew Beirnes and friends tomorrow after dental appt.

Problem: my next scheduled dental appt was for sept... i'll be missing that by two months when i get back

Solution: called monday and made an appt for tomorrow at noon.

uhm.... i think that's most of it, if not all of it... oh! one more..

Problem: DIDN'T HAVE COFFEE TODAY!!!! :(

Solution: go to bed within the hour, wake up at 9, shower, drink LOTS of STRONG coffee, and read my Bible ^_^ sounds like a plan to me!

G'night mates!

figured i may as well and try to start with the Aussie accent haha.. oh ya! in case you didn't already know, i have a twitter now (http://twitter.com/Sis2Penn) and it will upload directly to facebook. and i will have my phone with my in Oz, and it will be working but with a different number on an Aussie sim.